General
Motors continues to make training available for its large van
consumers. For several years, Coaching Systems® LLC, which designed a
unique course for GM large van consumers, has teamed up with GM to
offer training at a 40 percent discount to GM’s large van consumers.
This training is designed to reinforce information that may be helpful
for drivers of large vans.

Coaching Systems developed this course for GM’s large van consumers,
building on van driver training that started in 1991 in conjunction
with the National Safety Council. This web-based interactive coaching
course reviews topics of interest to drivers of large vans:

A comparison of large vans versus typical passenger vehicles to review
differences in vehicle design and potential implications for drivers,
passengers, and other road users

Information to aid large
van drivers in assessing a variety of urban and rural traffic
situations, including appropriate driver actions

Reinforcement of a driver’s responsibilities regarding appropriate
restraint use for all occupants and driver attentiveness on the driving
task

The training uses both web access
and a CD, which contains the course videos. This approach enables
interactive training using a “coaching” approach: overview, key
objectives and messages, video illustration recorded from a driver’s
viewpoint integrated with each key message, interim review tests,
summaries to reinforce key messages, and a final test with repeated
reinforcement of key messages.

The training content also is intended to enable drivers and occupants
to optimize the safety technologies in GM’s large vans. In the 2008
model year, GM made further enhancements to the safety features on our
large vans by providing the following safety technologies as standard
equipment on the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana 12- and 15- passenger
vans: StabiliTrak, GM’s Electronic Stability Control system; Tire
Pressure Monitoring System; side curtain head impact air bags; Enhanced
Technology Glass; and three-point lap-should safety belts in all
seating positions.

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